Operation Roadcheck: Have your AOBRDs and ELDs Ready
Ready for Opeartion Roadcheck 2018? Here are the inspectors’ guides to checking AOBRDs and ELDs at the roadside.
One Thing You Need to Do if You’re Using Grandfathered AOBRDs
If you’re using automatic onboard recording devices to track driver hours of service under the grandfather clause of the electronic logging device mandate, there’s something very important you need to do by mid-June, says a former commercial vehicle enforcement official who’s now a transportation consultant.
Source: One Thing You Need to Do if You’re Using Grandfathered AOBRDs
Are you ready for the ELD compliance deadline?
Until now, officials have taken a “softer” approach to enforcing the regulation as carriers adjusted to the new ELD technology. In many cases, only warnings have been issued for noncompliance. When enforcement action was taken, it couldn’t include out-of-service orders or impacts to the carrier’s CSA score.
It all changes on April 1.
As of that date, you could face fines or an out-of-service order for any of the following violations:
• Not having an ELD in the truck (or not having an ELD that’s registered with the FMCSA).
• Not being able to produce digital or paper copies of your logs when requested by an enforcement official.
• Falsifying logs by utilizing the incorrect duty status or exemption.
For full compliance, the following must also be on hand:
• The ELD user manual.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to transfer data to enforcement officials.
• A step-by-step guide on managing ELD malfunctions, as well as how to manually record hours of service data if needed.
• Blank records of duty graphs so that drivers can manually track their duty status and other required information for at least eight days. The FMCSA allows you to keep paper logs for up to eight days during an ELD malfunction.
RoadCheck Inspections Will Focus on Hours of Service Compliance
With electronic logging device implementation a major topic for trucking in 2018, this year’s International RoadCheck inspection blitz will focus on hours of service compliance.
Source: RoadCheck Inspections Will Focus on Hours of Service Compliance
FMCSA Widens Stance on AOBRD Grandfather Clause
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has slightly liberalized its stance on the use automatic on-board recording devices by some fleets that are using those devices under the terms of the AOBRD grandfather clause within the electronic logging device rule.
Martinez Sworn In as FMCSA Administrator
Raymond Martinez has been officially sworn in by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao as the sixth administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.